Uptime Kuma alternative: compare two open source monitorsUptime Kuma 替代方案：两款开源监控如何选择
Compare setup, monitoring scope, team workflows and the features that differ between OpenUptime hosted and MIT editions.比较部署、监控范围和团队工作流，并分清 OpenUptime 托管版与 MIT 版的功能边界。
Checked October 12, 2026 against official documentation and our current code, not hands-on benchmarks. Prices and limits change, so confirm them on the sources at the end.2026 年 10 月 12 日依据官方文档与我们当前的代码核对，并非实测对比。价格与限额会变动，请以文末的官方来源为准。
The short answer先说结论
Stay with Uptime Kuma if这些情况继续用 Uptime Kuma
- You have one server and a handful of services and want the simplest self-hosted setup.你只有一台服务器和少数几个服务，想要最简单的自托管方案。
- You need ping, WebSocket or Docker monitors, 20-second checks, or Kuma’s 90+ notification providers.你需要 Ping、WebSocket 或 Docker 监控、20 秒间隔，或 Kuma 的 90 多种通知渠道。
Choose OpenUptime if这些情况选 OpenUptime
- You want Postgres-backed storage, plus workspaces, projects and roles for a team.你想要基于 Postgres 的存储，以及面向团队的工作区、项目与角色。
- You want the choice of a hosted service that runs the same product.你希望也能选择由同一个产品提供的托管服务。
Uptime Kuma is a strong starting point for someone with a server and a few services to watch. OpenUptime is another open source option, with a different emphasis: Postgres-backed storage, workspaces and projects, plus a choice between hosted service and running the core yourself. “Open source” alone does not tell you which will be easier to operate.如果你有一台服务器和几个需要监控的服务，Uptime Kuma 是很好的起点。OpenUptime 是另一种开源选择，侧重 Postgres 存储、工作区与项目管理，并提供托管服务和自行运行核心代码两条路径。仅凭“开源”二字，无法判断哪个更容易运维。
At a glance快速对比
| Compare比较项 | Uptime Kuma | OpenUptime |
|---|---|---|
| Self-hosting自托管 | Docker or Node.js; persistent data volumeDocker 或 Node.js；持久化数据卷 | Docker Compose with Postgres; or Cloudflare + PostgresDocker Compose 配合 Postgres；或 Cloudflare + Postgres |
| Monitoring scope监控范围 | HTTP, keyword, JSON query, TCP, DNS, ping, WebSocket, Docker, push; plus database (PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, Redis, MongoDB, SQL Server), MQTT, gRPC and moreHTTP、关键字、JSON 查询、TCP、DNS、Ping、WebSocket、Docker、Push；另有数据库（PostgreSQL、MySQL/MariaDB、Redis、MongoDB、SQL Server）、MQTT、gRPC 等 | HTTP (with keyword match), TCP, DNS, heartbeat, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis; SSL certificate monitor on hosted Lite and aboveHTTP（含关键字匹配）、TCP、DNS、心跳、PostgreSQL、MySQL、Redis；托管版 Lite 及以上另有 SSL 证书监控 |
| Notifications通知 | 90+ notification services listed官方列出 90 多种通知服务 | 6 channel types: Slack, Lark / Feishu, Telegram, PagerDuty, webhook, email6 种渠道：Slack、飞书 / Lark、Telegram、PagerDuty、Webhook、邮件 |
| Custom status domain状态页自定义域名 | Supported in the self-hosted product自托管产品支持 | Hosted Team only; absent from MIT edition仅托管版 Team；MIT 版不包含 |
The competitor figures above come from the official sources linked below. OpenUptime hosted limits are listed on our pricing page; self-hosting steps are in the deployment guide, and what differs between the open-source and hosted editions is listed in the README.上表竞品数据来自下方官方来源。OpenUptime 托管额度见价格页，自托管步骤见部署指南，开源版与托管版的差异见 README。
Kuma has strengths worth keepingKuma 有哪些优势值得认真对待
The official repository lists ping, WebSocket, Docker container and push checks, 20-second intervals, more than 90 notification services, and status pages mapped to custom domains. Both projects use MIT licenses. A replacement must cover your actual monitor types and integrations, not just HTTP uptime. Source: Uptime Kuma repository.官方仓库列出了 Ping、WebSocket、Docker 容器和 Push 检查、20 秒间隔、90 多种通知服务，以及映射自定义域名的状态页。两个项目都采用 MIT 许可证。替代方案需要覆盖你实际使用的监控类型和集成，不能只看 HTTP 可用性。来源：Uptime Kuma 仓库。
OpenUptime does not currently offer Kuma’s ping, WebSocket or Docker-container monitor types. For a homelab centered on those checks, our recommendation is to keep Kuma. If a custom status-page domain is essential to your free self-hosted setup, Kuma also has an immediate advantage. Kuma also ships dozens of notification providers we do not have, such as Discord, Microsoft Teams, Matrix and ntfy; with OpenUptime you would use the generic webhook. It checks as often as every 20 seconds (2.x allows even shorter, with a performance warning), while hosted OpenUptime goes down to 30 seconds on Team, 1 minute on Lite and Starter, and 5 minutes on Free. Kuma is also far more established: over 90,000 GitHub stars, a large community and many third-party guides. OpenUptime is young and its community is small.OpenUptime 当前没有 Kuma 的 Ping、WebSocket 和 Docker 容器监控类型。对于依赖这些检查的家庭实验室，我们建议保留 Kuma。如果免费的自托管状态页必须使用自定义域名，Kuma 也有直接优势。Kuma 还内置许多我们没有的通知渠道，例如 Discord、Microsoft Teams、Matrix 和 ntfy；在 OpenUptime 中只能使用通用 Webhook。它最短可每 20 秒检查一次（2.x 允许更短，但会提示性能风险），而 OpenUptime 托管版 Team 最短 30 秒，Lite 和 Starter 最短 1 分钟，Free 为 5 分钟。Kuma 也成熟得多：GitHub 星标超过 9 万，社区庞大，第三方教程丰富；OpenUptime 还很年轻，社区规模很小。
Why a team might prefer OpenUptime团队可能更适合 OpenUptime 的原因
OpenUptime organizes monitors in workspaces and projects, with owner, admin and member roles. REST API keys and an MCP server let scripts and agents work with monitoring data. The useful question is whether this organization matches how your team owns services; it is not proof that the other project cannot support any team workflow.OpenUptime 按工作区和项目组织监控，提供所有者、管理员和成员角色。REST API Key 和 MCP Server 让脚本及 AI 智能体能操作监控数据。关键在于这种组织方式是否匹配团队的服务分工，不能据此断言另一个项目无法支持团队工作。
The core includes PostgreSQL, MySQL and Redis protocol checks alongside HTTP, TCP, DNS and heartbeats, so a service’s public endpoint and its dependencies can live in one project. Kuma has database monitors too, and they log in and can run a query; ours only confirm that the server completes the protocol handshake. These are availability checks, not query profiling or database performance monitoring.OpenUptime 核心在 HTTP、TCP、DNS 和心跳之外，还包含 PostgreSQL、MySQL 和 Redis 协议检查，可以把服务的公开端点和它依赖的数据库放在同一个项目里。Kuma 同样有数据库监控，而且会登录并可执行查询；OpenUptime 只确认服务器能完成协议握手。这些都是可用性检查，不是查询性能剖析或数据库性能监控。
One application container still needs a database一个应用容器，仍然需要数据库
Uptime Kuma keeps its data in SQLite or MariaDB (MariaDB is bundled in the full Docker image). OpenUptime’s Compose setup runs one application container plus Postgres. The alternative deployment uses Cloudflare Workers and a reachable Postgres database. If your goal is the fewest moving parts on a small server, adding a database is a cost to evaluate, not an automatic upgrade.Uptime Kuma 的数据存放在 SQLite 或 MariaDB 中（完整版 Docker 镜像内置 MariaDB）。OpenUptime 的 Compose 部署包含一个应用容器和 Postgres；另一条路径是 Cloudflare Workers 加可访问的 Postgres 数据库。如果你的目标是在小服务器上尽量减少组件，那么额外数据库是一项需要评估的成本，不能自动视为升级。
Postgres can be useful if your team already knows its backup, restore and SQL tooling. That familiarity is the advantage. It does not establish that OpenUptime is faster or handles more monitors than Kuma; we have not run a comparative load test. Size either deployment with your own endpoints, intervals and retention.如果团队已经熟悉 Postgres 的备份、恢复和 SQL 工具，这种熟悉程度就是优势。但它不能证明 OpenUptime 比 Kuma 更快或能处理更多监控；我们没有做对比负载测试。应按照自己的端点、间隔和保留期限评估部署容量。
Hosting changes the tradeoff托管版改变了取舍
Kuma’s documented setup is self-hosted. OpenUptime also offers a hosted service if you want to stop managing the monitor’s server. Free has three active monitors; Lite costs $5/month and includes 300,000 checks. That covers six one-minute monitors over 30 days, despite the 50-monitor active limit. See full capacity.Kuma 的官方部署文档采用自托管方式。OpenUptime 还提供托管服务，适合不想继续维护监控服务器的人。Free 含 3 个活跃监控；Lite 为 $5/月、300,000 次检查。虽然活跃上限是 50 个，但 30 天持续每分钟检查只够 6 个。查看完整容量。
The MIT edition has no plan quotas, but does not include hosted SSL expiry monitoring or custom status-page domains. Infrastructure and email delivery still cost money. A zero license fee should not be described as zero operating cost. Uptime Kuma, by comparison, shows certificate details and sends expiry notifications in its free self-hosted product.MIT 版本没有套餐配额，但不包含托管版的 SSL 到期监控和状态页自定义域名。基础设施与邮件发送仍有成本。许可证免费，不代表运行成本为零。相比之下，Uptime Kuma 的免费自托管版本就提供证书信息和到期通知。
Plan a configuration migration, not a database swap迁移配置，而不是直接替换数据库
List every monitor type, proxy, authentication method, notification integration and status-page domain first. Map only supported checks to OpenUptime’s JSON import format; create alert channels again and attach them. Import accepts some field aliases, but it is not a universal Kuma backup restore.先清点监控类型、代理、认证方式、通知集成和状态页域名。只把支持的检查映射到 OpenUptime 的 JSON 导入格式；重新创建并绑定告警渠道。导入支持部分字段别名，并不是通用的 Kuma 备份恢复工具。
Keep the Kuma data volume and history available (see Kuma’s upgrade notes). Test private-network reachability from the new deployment, then trigger a failure and a recovery. A hosted monitor cannot necessarily reach the private services your local Kuma instance can. Do not expose a database publicly merely to make a migration convenient. A default self-hosted OpenUptime also refuses monitors that point at private, loopback or single-label addresses (including Compose service names), and import skips them; set ALLOW_PRIVATE_TARGETS=true if you monitor internal services. On Cloudflare Workers, private ranges are unreachable.保留 Kuma 数据卷和历史记录（参见 Kuma 的升级文档），验证新部署能否访问私有网络，再触发一次故障和恢复。托管监控不一定能访问本地 Kuma 能连接的私有服务。不要只为迁移方便，就把数据库直接开放到公网。自托管的 OpenUptime 默认还会拒绝指向内网、回环或单段主机名（包括 Compose 服务名）的监控，导入时也会跳过这些项；如需监控内部服务，请设置 ALLOW_PRIVATE_TARGETS=true。部署在 Cloudflare Workers 上则无法访问私有网段。
Choose OpenUptime when workspaces, API-driven management, Postgres operations or the hosted option solve a concrete problem. Keep Kuma when its monitor types, notification ecosystem and self-hosted status-page features already fit. The best alternative may be no migration at all.当工作区、API 管理、Postgres 运维或托管选项能解决具体问题时，选择 OpenUptime；如果 Kuma 的监控类型、通知生态和自托管状态页已经满足需求，就继续使用它。最好的选择也可能是不迁移。